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[Sheilbh]

Clueless was a very early/mid 90s movie though. I guess it kicked off the trend.

Yeah - I think it and Romeo + Juliet (which I also love) really kickstarted the trend of teen movies that are adaptations of "classic" literature.

Valley Girl riffed off Romeo + Juliet. Clueless was a product of the 90s and really only belongs in that time bubble of optimism.

I have never seen such a wrong and bad opinion in my entire time on Languish

[crazy canuck]

Clueless was a very early/mid 90s movie though. I guess it kicked off the trend.

Yeah - I think it and Romeo + Juliet (which I also love) really kickstarted the trend of teen movies that are adaptations of "classic" literature.

Valley Girl riffed off Romeo + Juliet. Clueless was a product of the 90s and really only belongs in that time bubble of optimism.

I have never seen such a wrong and bad opinion in my entire time on Languish

You young whiper snapers have no context. 

[garbon]

Clueless was a very early/mid 90s movie though. I guess it kicked off the trend.

Yeah - I think it and Romeo + Juliet (which I also love) really kickstarted the trend of teen movies that are adaptations of "classic" literature.

Valley Girl riffed off Romeo + Juliet. Clueless was a product of the 90s and really only belongs in that time bubble of optimism.

Clueless is basically a modern take of Emma.

[celedhring]

Romeo + Juliet spurred my undying love for all things Baz Luhrmann.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beV56hp4T3w&ab_channel=marnieee

[Valmy]

Clueless was a very early/mid 90s movie though. I guess it kicked off the trend.

Yeah - I think it and Romeo + Juliet (which I also love) really kickstarted the trend of teen movies that are adaptations of "classic" literature.

Valley Girl riffed off Romeo + Juliet. Clueless was a product of the 90s and really only belongs in that time bubble of optimism.

Ugh! As if!

[Sheilbh]

Romeo + Juliet spurred my undying love for all things Baz Luhrmann.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beV56hp4T3w&ab_channel=marnieee

Same. And then I saw Strictly Ballroom which is incredible. Even when he's not very good he's normally making films with such a deliberate style that I kind of like it anyway.

Edit: Also his entire catalogue has such a camp aesthetic it blew my mind to discover he's married to a woman - and I mean that in the most complimentary way possible

[The Larch]

Clueless was a very early/mid 90s movie though. I guess it kicked off the trend.

Yeah - I think it and Romeo + Juliet (which I also love) really kickstarted the trend of teen movies that are adaptations of "classic" literature.

Yeah, Clueless is from 1995 and Romeo+Juliet from 1996, but it then took a few years for the trend to pick up, as I think that until 1999's 10 Things I Hate About You or Cruel Intentions there aren't any other teen adaptations of classic novels. Then in the 2000s you have O, She's the Man and Get Over it, and I think the last of this kind of movies was Easy A, from 2010.

[HVC]

Ah Clueless, the classic 90's incest film.




Sorry, Sheilbh, just trying to get a rise out of you

[Sheilbh]

Clueless was a very early/mid 90s movie though. I guess it kicked off the trend.

Yeah - I think it and Romeo + Juliet (which I also love) really kickstarted the trend of teen movies that are adaptations of "classic" literature.

Yeah, Clueless is from 1995 and Romeo+Juliet from 1996, but it then took a few years for the trend to pick up, as I think that until 1999's 10 Things I Hate About You or Cruel Intentions there aren't any other teen adaptations of classic novels. Then in the 2000s you have O, She's the Man and Get Over it, and I think the last of this kind of movies was Easy A, from 2010.

I was thinking of whether Easy A counts - I think it's great (particularly love Stanley Tucci and Patricia Clarkson - maybe a sign of ageing that I really like the parent character ).

Haven't seen the others though - there's She's All That as well.

I feel like after that moment (and maybe Easy A is the pivot? ) teen movies went a bit Wes Anderson/indie comedy, often with real issues (Superbad, Booksmart, Eighth Grade, Submarine) with a few more realist entries (Rocks, Girlhood, Mid90s). I'm sure someone could explain why and what this all means. But I honestly really like teen movies - I think they tend to be really good value and generally whip-smart because they are catering for the most demanding, least forgiving demographic in the world

[Sheilbh]

Ah Clueless, the classic 90's incest film.




Sorry, Sheilbh, just trying to get a rise out of you

No that's a fair critique. It's like how I really like the film Big, unless I think about what's going on in the film Big

[Sheilbh]

Totally off that topic but as it's entering into Halloween month I'll be bingeing a lot of horror films (a genre that typically a fairly non-demanding, tolerant audience ) and this sounds fascinating about the re-discovery of a (presumed lost) 70s Iranian gothic family horror
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/sep/30/iranian-film-chess-of-the-wind-reborn-mohammad-reza-aslani-bfi-london-film-festival

Available for free on the BFI Player on 10-13 October as part of the London Film Festival.

[The Larch]

Clueless was a very early/mid 90s movie though. I guess it kicked off the trend.

Yeah - I think it and Romeo + Juliet (which I also love) really kickstarted the trend of teen movies that are adaptations of "classic" literature.

Yeah, Clueless is from 1995 and Romeo+Juliet from 1996, but it then took a few years for the trend to pick up, as I think that until 1999's 10 Things I Hate About You or Cruel Intentions there aren't any other teen adaptations of classic novels. Then in the 2000s you have O, She's the Man and Get Over it, and I think the last of this kind of movies was Easy A, from 2010.

I was thinking of whether Easy A counts - I think it's great (particularly love Stanley Tucci and Patricia Clarkson - maybe a sign of ageing that I really like the parent character ).

Haven't seen the others though - there's She's All That as well.

I feel like after that moment (and maybe Easy A is the pivot? ) teen movies went a bit Wes Anderson/indie comedy, often with real issues (Superbad, Booksmart, Eighth Grade, Submarine) with a few more realist entries (Rocks, Girlhood, Mid90s). I'm sure someone could explain why and what this all means. But I honestly really like teen movies - I think they tend to be really good value and generally whip-smart because they are catering for the most demanding, least forgiving demographic in the world

How could you miss Juno! 

Don't know, I guess these are trends and in the 2000s and 2010s this kind of movies became "quirky", and focused more on oddball characters and strangely precocious teens.

[Sheilbh]

How could you miss Juno! 

Mea culpa 

Don't know, I guess these are trends and in the 2000s and 2010s this kind of movies became "quirky", and focused more on oddball characters and strangely precocious teens.

Yeah. There's definitely a thesis or two in this - "...reflecting the anxiety and idealism of teens whose world was defined by post-9/11 conflict and the financial crisis...."

[celedhring]

Romeo + Juliet spurred my undying love for all things Baz Luhrmann.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beV56hp4T3w&ab_channel=marnieee

Same. And then I saw Strictly Ballroom which is incredible. Even when he's not very good he's normally making films with such a deliberate style that I kind of like it anyway.

Edit: Also his entire catalogue has such a camp aesthetic it blew my mind to discover he's married to a woman - and I mean that in the most complimentary way possible

Luhrmann is a cornball, but a supremely talented one. The Michaelangelo of cheese.

[crazy canuck]

Clueless was a very early/mid 90s movie though. I guess it kicked off the trend.

Yeah - I think it and Romeo + Juliet (which I also love) really kickstarted the trend of teen movies that are adaptations of "classic" literature.

Valley Girl riffed off Romeo + Juliet. Clueless was a product of the 90s and really only belongs in that time bubble of optimism.

Ugh! As if!